segarally
Geotechnical
- Jul 16, 2003
- 5
I always wonder what's the basis when engineers specify 90% or 95% compaction for trench or embankment, etc. Are we using the compaction as and index property for shear strength? What if we don't have the correlation between compaction and shear strength for that material? How do we know if the specified compaction can provide sufficient stability? Any insight is welcome.